Factor-group-generated polar spaces and (multi-)qudits

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Abstract: Recently, a number of interesting relations have been discovered between generalised Pauli/Dirac groups and certain finite geometries. Here, we succeeded in finding a general unifying framework for all these relations. We introduce gradually necessary and sufficient conditions to be met in order to carry out the following programme: Given a group vG, we first construct vector spaces over GF(p), p a prime, by factorising vG over appropriate normal subgroups. Then, by expressing GF(p) in terms of the commutator subgroup of vG, we construct alternating bilinear forms, which reflect whether or not two elements of vG commute. Restricting to p=2, we search for ``refinements in terms of quadratic forms, which capture the fact whether or not the order of an element of vG is leq2. Such factor-group-generated vector spaces admit a natural reinterpretation in the language of symplectic and orthogonal polar spaces, where each point becomes a ``condensation of several distinct elements of vG. Finally, several well-known physical examples (single- and two-qubit Pauli groups, both the real and complex case) are worked out in detail to illustrate the fine traits of the formalism.









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